Direct speech act

by asking permission to perform the speech act (a directive), e.g., May I ask you to pass the sal...

[英文口說] Direct and Indirect Speech Acts · 1. When do people generally use indirect speech? · 2. Wh...

1. Use the typical association between sentence forms and speech acts. ... 2. Use the performativ...

Illocutionary acts are considered the core of the theory of speech acts. As already suggested abo...